Triumph of the longbow
CLASH OF CROWNS The army of King Edward III of England comes face-to- face with their French enemies at Crécy
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The French army that made its way through the Picardy countryside in August 1346 was confident of victory. So confident, in fact, that its leaders had already shared out the potential English prisoners between themselves and worked out what ransoms to charge. After all, what chance did Edward III’s contemptible little army of foot soldiers stand against the flower of French chivalry?